Simplifying microcontrollers

I just designed an alarm clock.

This is my attempt to simplify microcontrollers.

When starting out with microcontrollers, there are a lot of things to think about:

Which microcontroller? Which interface? Which programmer? Which compiler?

Arduino simplifies this a lot.

And I often recommend that beginners start with Arduino.

With Arduino, it’s super easy to get started.

Here’s an introduction:
http://ift.tt/2mo3Gh1

But if you want to free yourself from the Arduino, what do you do?

That’s something I’m working on now.

3 years ago, I wrote a microcontroller tutorial that became very popular:
http://ift.tt/2rPn4Ix

But the circuit didn’t do anything interesting…

So, I decided to create an alarm clock, by using a microcontroller in a homemade circuit.

An alarm clock is a very practical example.

You’ll get to build something you can use. And you’ll learn a ton of things.

While designing it, I have encounter lots of tiny details that might stop a beginner from going through with it. But my goal is to remove these obstacles and create a course that everyone can do.

If you want to take a look at the first version of the board, it’s available for Kicad here:
http://ift.tt/2mnK8cM

Keep On Soldering!
Oyvind @ build-electronic-circuits.com

PS! Check out all the courses currently on Ohmify, here:
http://ift.tt/2qStMNU

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